Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
2 | This instigated for the first time the right of appellation in the form of the Appellation d'Origine Controlée ( AOC ) and regulations were imposed including a cunning proviso which dumped the entire issue of the Aube wines and the controversial ‘ Champagne Deuxième Zone ’ firmly in the lap of the judiciary . |
3 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
4 | The quality of consular services was improved in a number of cases , notably in Britain where a departmental committee of 1903 introduced for the first time recruitment of consuls by limited competition ( instead of as hitherto purely by nomination of the secretary of state for foreign affairs ) and a rationalised salary structure . |
5 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
6 | In 1976 , unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War . |
7 | The recent publication of all known speeches and writings of Hitler between 1919 and 1924 provides for the first time an opportunity to observe the self-image profiled in his public statements . |
8 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
9 | ANGEL FACE BOY AGED 11 NICKED FOR THE 69th TIME |
10 | In 1987/88 , the number of certificates issued in a session topped the 100,000 mark for the first time — almost 115,000 were issued . |
11 | The aeroplane is due to fly for the first time in 1995 and , once certified safe , should be flying passengers by 1997 . |
12 | Duchamp-Villon and La Fresnaye were also members of the hanging committee , so that the Cubist painters were able to exhibit for the second time that year as a group . |
13 | Slough , Berkshire-based Ambitron Ltd showed for the first time in the UK the low cost desktop virtual reality system — CrystalEyes VR — and three-dimensional video system from Stereographics Corp of San Rafael , at the Virtual Reality ‘ 93 Conference in London earlier this month . |
14 | If you have a weekend free , you can do what many west Berliners are now able to do for the first time since 1952 — simple drive into the country and enjoy the landscape of Brandenburg . |
15 | A charter by James I gave for the first time , the power to levy a tax on vessels entering the port and also on the goods they carried . |
16 | In December 1790 the Quaker committee , which maintained its existence alongside the London body , prompted Friends in the country to lobby their local MPs , particularly those elected for the first time in 1790 . |
17 | Among the ‘ do n't knows ’ were Mr Paul Dean and Mr Andrew Bingham , who will be eligible to vote for the first time . |
18 | Despite a slick campaign — a precursor of that just ended — Labour lost for the third time in a row , its vote scarcely up on that of 1983 . |
19 | One hundred patients of a total of 335 presenting for the first time with variceal haemorrhage were recruited into the study and randomised . |
20 | In the course of twenty-five years of persistent pioneering work , he was responsible for novel design features , such as the duplex condenser ( 1924 ) , objective changer ( 1926 ) , and cone condenser ( 1930 ) , the last allowing for the first time ultraviolet , dark-ground photographs of viruses . |
21 | Jason Ratcliffe , 22 , would surely have reached the 1,000 mark for the first time but for the early-season decision to spread Asif Din 's role as a limited-overs opener into championship cricket . |